“We must recognise - both Muslims and non- Muslims, that the Koran is a text. We need human engagement with that text, so we have to understand that the rulings and the legal rulings are produced are channelled through the human mind, it's an interpretive act of a human being engaging and interacting with a text producing legal results. Because of that it's susceptible to flaws, it is not perfect. Nobody has perfect access to the divine will.” NeedsMindHumansHuman BeingsPerfectResultsDivineAccessFlawsHuman MindEngagementEngagingRulingRecogniseNot PerfectSusceptibleInteractingDivine Will Author:Mark Durie
“There needs to be more women scholars, and that is not something new, we need to return to the glorified past and get more women scholars involved to overcome the Fetahs of patriarchy.” NeedsPastReturnInvolvedOvercomingSomething NewScholarPatriarchy Author:Mark Durie
“We only have one penal code in the United States, and it applies in every single state, every city, no matter who is there. This is part of the fear mongering, that has gripped the United States, the notion that we need to pass a law forbidding the institution of a foreign Law in the United States when it is forbidden by the constitutions is yet another example of targeting Muslim communities because they are seen as different, or exceptional in other ways.” WayNeedsDifferentMatterStatesLawCommunityUnitedCitiesUnited StatesExampleConstitutionInstitutionsNotionCodeForbiddenExceptionalMuslim CommunityFear Mongering Author:Mark Durie
“Speaking as a Muslim in the West, I see a crisis in religious authority, we need Indigenous Muslim scholarship understanding the Western way of life and is able to use the understanding, using legitimate Islamic sources to bring more scholarship to our way of life in the west. There's a need for that.” WayNeedsUseAbleUnderstandingReligiousSourceAuthorityCrisisWestWesternIslamicIndigenousScholarship Author:Mark Durie
